Effects of arm training with the robotic device ARMin i in chronic stroke: Three single cases

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 240-251

  Nef, Tobias ^a,b   Quinter, Gabriela ^c,d   Müller, Roland ^c,d   Riener, Robert ^c,d  

^a Pangborn Hall ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Recovery of function; Rehabilitation; Robotics; Stroke; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; ROBOTICS; STROKE;

AGED; ARM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; STROKE;

EID: 77949424915     PISSN: 16602854     EISSN: 16602862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262444     Document Type: Article

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